Txin Tiyaia

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Txin Tiyaia
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Txin Tiyaia seen from Vekh Polirin to its east
Highest point
Elevation4,227 m (13,868 ft)
Prominence1,958 m (6,424 ft)
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
Haele-Rismikhar
Geography
LocationLannek, Arimathea
Parent rangeEkri Razig, Vekra Retiqa

Txin Tiyaia is a mountain in Arimathea with two jagged peaks. It is 4,227 m (13,868 ft) in height and is the highest point in the country. It has a prominence of 1,958 m (6,424 ft), making it an ultra, and an isolation of 43.1 km (26.8 mi) from its nearest higher neighbour, Vronymur, in northwest Retikh. Txin Tiyaia is in the Ekri Razig ("main line") of the Vekra Retiqa, the northern Trellinese cordillera that defines the geography of southern Arimathea and the imperial provinces that it borders.

Seen from the north, Txin Tiyaia is a commanding massif, with no nearer peaks coming within 800 m (2,600 ft) of its height. Its distinctive peaks are visible for a tremendous distance and can be plainly seen from the nation's capital, Arimathea, 175 km (109 mi) away; on a clear day, Txin Tiyaia can be discerned from some tops in the Mahe ti'Saracú, the hills that form Arimathea's northern border with Étlaurlande, 380 km (240 mi) north of Txin Tiyaia.

Txin Tiyaia is named for a goddess attested only in a handful of place names. Her affiliation with one of the ancient Ethlorek world's tallest mountains suggests she was once an important figure in the Ethlorek pantheon, but there is little literary evidence to reveal a specific role or character. The word txin is the Old Arimathean word for a claw or talon.